Laini Taylor Quotes
There is the past, and there is the future. The present is never more than the single second dividing one from the other. We live poised on that second as it's hurtling forward-toward what?
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They feel anxious. They feel exhausted yet they can't sleep.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.
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I've always wanted to be an actress. At school and in college, I did some things. But then I married, and then I had children, and then there were the political years.
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Now in India, a village boy who has worked his way up to work at a call center, or if he gets a job working even as a busboy in a Taj or an Oberoi hotel, he'll put on his wedding announcement with pride, 'Busboy at the Taj' or 'Call center, Office Tiger.'
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It's up to you now, and we shall help you - that my past does not become your future.
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There is the past, and there is the future. The present is never more than the single second dividing one from the other. We live poised on that second as it's hurtling forward-toward what?
